Bottle.



f 4o I5 APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14. 1915.

B. S. ALSOP.

BOULE.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. y

vPatented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application led October 14, 1915. Serial No. 55,841.

To all whom t may concern; Y

Be it known that I, BERTHA S. ALSOP, a citizen of the United States of America, refr siding atNew York'city, New York, have invented anew and useful Bottle, lof which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention 'is to provide in simple and practical form, a bottle con- 4member has struction which will prevent refilling of the bottle by any ordinary means, and which, if, by-anypossibility is relled, will prevent the contentsof the bottle being used. .y I

Other and mo-re specific objects are to provide a simpler and more eii'ective formi of valve'and to provide a simple and efiicient form of lock for automatically securing` the valve construction in thebottle neck.

In accordance with my invention the valve parts are mounted within a tubular mem-- ber which is inserted within the bottle neck and which is held in place therein by' a transversely extending locking pin which engages beneath an internal-shoulder on they This tubular valve-carrying an outlet passage for the liquid, and a valve seat surrounding saidvpassage. The valve normally rests upon this valve seat, but is displaceable down into the outlet passage upon the application of pressure thereto. A loose weight may be mounted bottle neck.

above the valve for normally holding thev valve in engagementl with 'the seat, and a special feature of this weightorguard is that it carries means cooperating with the valve toV hold said valve, when displaced, down in the outlet passage.

struction, including the novel construction of the valve, .will appear as the specication proceeds. y

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated a practical and preferred embodi-l` ment of my invention, but it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the true spirit or scope of the invention.

In this drawing:

Figure 1 is," a vertical'sectional view ofv and illustrating the means the kparts in the pouring position. In this view the locking device is shown in its nal position interlocked beneath the shoulder on the inside of the bottle neck, and a finishing collar is shown around `the rim of the bottle neck. v

Figf3 is a cross sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line v3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. l is a diagrammatic View illustrating two displaced positions of the valve, preventing rengagement of the displaced valve with the valve seat. f f

Fig.. 5 is asimilar view of a slightly modified form of construction.

Fig. 6 is another diagrammatic view of the invention embodied in another form.

In the first four views the invention is shown applied to a. bottle which is of ordinary construction, except that it is provided with an internal shoulder 10 in the neck portion llthereof and disposed at some distance inward from the mouth of said neck portion. This shoulder provides an abutment against which a locking pin 12 engages to secure the valve mechanism within the bottle neck. The engagement of this locking pin beneath the locking shoulder is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4: andas there indi-y cated, it will be seen that this locking shoulder need not be an abrupt shoulder but may be merely in the formof a on the inside of the bottle neck.

- The various parts of the valve mechanism aremounted within` and carried by a tubular Other features and the details of con-- supporting member 15, having anoutlet passage 16 'and a valve seat 17 at the upper end of and surroundingl said passage. This tubular ysupporting member when in place in the bottle neck extends down into the bottle neck to a point below the internal locking yshoulder 10 and is there provided with an through the slot 19 in the vopposite wall. As

gradual swelling.

the valve-carrying member is inserted in the bottle neck, as indicated in Fig. 1, the projecting end of the locking pin engages with the inner surface of the bottle neck and, as it rides over the upper surface 0f the locking shoulder, yields upwardly in the slot 19 until the tubular member passes far enough into the bottle neck to permit it dropping down into position beneath the locking shoulder. W hen the locking pin has been thus engaged beneath the locking shoulder, as shown in Fig. 2, it prevents the valve-carrying member being withdrawn from the bottle neck. |lfhis pin is preferably made long enough to engage with the inner wall of the neck eneath the shoulder substantially 'as shown.

To force the locking pin downward .in its guide slot 19, and so insure the engagement of the locking pin beneath the locking shoulder, a spring may be provided such as that indicated, consisting of a flat piece of cork seated in a groove 21 in the outer surface of the tubular supporting member bearing on top of the projecting end of the locking pin and arranged to bulge outwardly as indicated in 7Eig. 1, as the device is being inserted in the bottle neck. rlhis cork strip or other spring element which may be employed, exerts its force to press the locking pin downwardly in the slot, and serves in` the final position indicated in Fig. 2, to hold the locking pin against rattling in case there is any lost motion at this point.

The valve member in the preferred embodiment is made up of four parts, a body 25, a. flat disk-like flexible member E2G, a reinforcing washer 27 and a float 28. rlhese parts are arranged in the order named, the valve disk lying on top of the valve body, the reinforcing washer being secured on top of the valve disk, and the float being secured on top of the reinforcing washer. These valve parts are secured together by any suitable means, in the first forni illustrated, by providing an upstanding headed stud which extends through openings provided in the valve disk and reinforcing washer and engages in the material of the float.

The valve body is preferably made of a relatively hard glass-like material so as to give weight and stability to the valve and is made of a size to have an easy sliding fit in the passage 16. rlhis iit may be obtained and without the danger of binding in the passage by providing the valve body with dependent projections or fingers 30 around the rim thereof. The valve disk extends out beyond the edges of the valve kbody far enough to firmly engage the valve seat and the valve body serves to hold said disk centered in respect tc the valve seat.

The valve disk may be made of any suitable lexible liquid-proof material. l have found sharkskin a very practical and desirable matei ial for this purpose.

The reinforcing washer is preferably made of a yieldable though relatively stitl material and of a size to just tit within the outlet passage. material for this purpose.

rlhe float may be made of any suitable material having sutlicient buoyancy or the buoyancy may be obtained by making the float in hollow form. In the illustration l use a ing in form like an ordinary commercial cork, and of a size to iit loosely within the outlet passage. One advantage of the cork float is that the valves parts may be secured together by simply forcing the headed stud 29 of the valve body firmly into the cork.

The valve is normally held to its seat by gravity and additional means for this purpose may be provided in the form of a hollow weight 32, which receives the upper float portion of the valve, and serves by engagement therewith to hold the valve downward against its seat. The lower rim of this hollow weight and upwardly and inwardly rom the outerA edge thereof es indicated at 33 so as not to bear upon the valve disk and it is further preferably provided with an opening 31 in the top and an opening Se in the side thereof.

Access to the valve and the valve closing weight are preferably provided against by means of a guard such as that indicated at 35 and consisting of a transverse partition around which liquid ports S6 are provided. lt will be evident that the construction dis` closed provides a practically non-refillable bottle. rlhe only way in fact that any liquid can be forced into the bottle, is by the application of excessive pressure. This pressure, on account of the flexibility of the valve disk, forces the disk down into the outlet passage 16 and thereby destroys its usefulness as a valve, said valve ordinarily under such circumstances binding in the passage and completely closing the same. The reuse of the valve though, is positively guarded against in the present disclosure, by providing means carried by the movable guard 32 and cooperating with the valve when thus displaced to prevent its rengagement with the valve seat. rlhis means consists in the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to l, of a loose piece l0 normally seated in a pocket lll, in the under side of the top of the movable guard and arranged to drop down out of said pocket in the top of said valve when the valve has once been displaced. This condition is illustrated in Fig. l. By making this loose piece relatively long in the form of a rod and by making the pocket which receives it comparatively narrow, it will be evident that it will be practically impossible once said piece has been displaced from the pocket to shake it l have found cork an excellent cork body for the float which may be taperguard may be beveled back intoV place therein. The said piece, therefore, constitutes avery effective lock for preventing rengagement of the displaced valve with the valve seat; The flow of liquidthrough the hole 81 in the top of the'guar'd actuates the locking bar 40iwhen the valve is forced with the bottle in inverted position and the hole 34 (in the side ofthe guard) prevents the guard holding enough liquid to lioat the valve to its seat, when pouring. c

Another very simple form of lock forfthe valve is that illustrated in Fig. -and-con-k sisting of an upstanding stud 43 ony top of the valve, normally engaged in a passage 44 in the top of thev movable guard. This passagepis `just largeenoughkto receive the stud 43 and when once kthe stud is disengaged from the passage by the displacement of the valve, it is a practical impossibility to again rengage said stud in thepassage. The valve is brought into operative relation with its valve seat usually by forcing the valve kupward in the manner indicated in Fig. 5. Once the partsare properly assembled, as indicated in Fig. 4, it will be seen that it will be impossible to force the valve down and out of the outletpassagebecause the transversely extendinglocking pin 12 will act as a stop limiting the downward movement of the valve. c

In Fig. 5 I have shown howthe parts of the valve may be secured together by means of a pin 45 passed through the several parts of the valve. This pin maybe of wood so that it will swell by contact with the liquid and so hold the parts all the more firmly together. This securing pin may be extended far enough up, as indicated, to serve as the Stud for preventing thek rengagement of the displaced valve with its valve seat. c

A cork or the like gasket 47 may be provided to hold the valve-carryingy device centrally located in the bottleneck and to prevent leakage of the liquid between the edges of lsaid device and the sides of the bottle nec .y

The mouth of the bottle may be finished ofi' with a ring48 around theyrim ofthe neck and engaging over the 4rim of the valvecarrying device, substantially as indicated in Fig.-2. c

One advantage of the form of the invention thus far disclosed is that it can be made relatively small in size so as to be insertible into a bottle neck of the usual size. `In the form of the device illustrated in Fig. 6 the valve-carrying member is secured byv an annular securing ring 50 ony top of the upper edge of the bottle neck 5l. The valve seatis in this case provided by an annular washer like member 52 which hasl a dependent portion 53 providingr the outlet passage 54.

The other parts are similar to those already through the passage 16 above thevvalve for holding said `gaged withthe valve seat, and means carried described except that in this case the cork iioat 28 is large enough at its top to engage the valve seat and prevent the valve being kforced down into the bottle upon the application of excessive force. When the valve is thus displaced the valve disk 26 will engage beneath the lower edge of the dependent portion 53 and thereby prevent the valve being reengaged with its valve seat.

claim is:

l. In a non-reusable bottle, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said outlet passage, a valve normally engaging said valve seat and displaceable by pressure into said outlet passage, ay guard abo-ve the valve and means carried by said guard and coperating with lthe valve upon displacement of the valve 2. In a non-reusable bottle, a bottle neck i having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said outlet passage, `a valve normally resting upon said valve seat and displaceable into the outlet passage upon the application of pressure thereto, a weight valve enby said weight and coperating with the valveupon displacement of the sameinto the passage to prevent rengagement of the 'valvefwith the valve seat.

3. In a non-reusable bottle, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said passage, a loose hollow y weight above the valve seat, a valve received in said hollow weight and normally engaging the valve seat but Adisplaceable down into the outlet passage upon application of lpressure thereto and coperating means on the top of the valve and the inside of the hollow weight engaging upon displacement of the valve down into the outlet passage to prevent said valve being returned into engagement with the valve seat.

4. In a bottleconstruction, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said passage, and a valve for coperation with said valve seat comprising a relatively hard glass-like valve body loosely fitting and guided in the outlet passage, a flat flexible valve on top of said valve body, a cork-like washer above said valve, a lioat above said cork-like washer, and means securing said valve parts together.

5. In a bottle construction, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said outlet passage, a lvalve normally engaging said valve seat and having a float on the upper portion thereof, and a tubularguard above said valve loosely surrounding and guiding the float portion of thevalve, said guard havingy an opening in the side thereof to prevent the accumulation sa i of liquid while pouring which would have a tendency to float the valve into engagement with its seat.

6. In a bottle construction, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said outlet passage, a valve normally engaging said valve seat and displaceable by pressure down into said outlet passage beloiv the valve seat, a tubular guard above the valve and receiving the upper portion of the valve, said guard having a pocket in the under side of the top thereof, and an opening through said top, and a locking device normally seated in said pocket and displaceable out of said pocket by a flow of liquid through the opening in the top.

7. ln a bottle construction, a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said outlet passage, a valve normally engaging said valve seat and having a float on the upper portion thereof, and a tubular guard above said valve loosely surrounding and guiding the float portion of the valve, said guard having an opening therein to prevent the accumulation of liquid While pouring which Would have a tendency Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the to oat the valve into engagement with its seat.

8. In a bottle Construction a bottle neck having an outlet passage and a valve seat surrounding said passage and a valve for cooperation with said valve seat comprising a glass-like valve body guided in the outlet passage, a flexible valve on top of said valve body and extending beyond the rim of the same to engage the valve seat, a cork-like float above said flexible valve and an upstanding stem integral with the valve body engaging in the cork-like float to thereby secure all of the valve parts together.

9. As an article of manufacture, a bottle valve comprising a glass-like valve body, a flat flexible valve resting on said valve body and extending out beyond the edges of the same, a corklike float engaged on top of said dat flexible valve and an upstanding headed post on the glass-like valve body engaged in the corkelike float to thereby fasten the parts of the valve structure together.

BERTI-LA. S. .ALSOR Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

